A day before a large anti-gay marriage march, they released the names of four priests they claim are in gay relationships, outing them to the whole country.
“Everyone deserves the right to be in the closet,” says Cristian Galarza, an organiser for the National Pride Front, an LGBT rights group. “But when you come out and condemn homosexuality, condemn gay marriage, and try to influence a secular state, you’ve lost the right to the closet.”
Mr Galarza says the Catholic church has improper influence in public policy and is subtly leading a backlash against the LGBT community. But at a time when LGBT rights are facing more opposition from “pro-family” groups, the controversial decision to out priests is dividing activists.
“They can spin it anyway they want, but they're ultimately using someone's sexual orientation as a tool against that person, which is exactly what the LGBT movement is not about,” says Enrique Torre Molina, the campaigns manager for LGBT rights group All Out. “If anyone knows how tough it can be to have your sexual orientation used against you, it is a gay or lesbian person.” [...]
“They say people like us can’t form a family,” says Alison Crash, who lives on the outskirts of Mexico City. “A family is based on love and it can be made up of any combination of genders.”
The legislation would directly impact her. She is a lesbian and her partner Nicole Solis is a transgender woman. They are exploring in vitro fertilisation to start a family, but if that doesn’t work, they would hope to adopt a child, which isn’t legal outside of Mexico City.
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